My Daily Bread!

My world is about children. I love them. I know them. I can motivate them and I understand them.

I love my world.

When it all goes right. Sometimes it goes terribly, terribly wrong. Then what? Why is the bureaucracy so, so slow to act? Then my frustration sets in. I can watch kids going down the wrong path and making poor, poor choices. No one can help when the kid's world is crashing in on him! I go from one extreme to the other!

And then I have a day like today.

There is nothing like watching when a kid finds their calling. I had that today. It was awesome. I met a young girl that was quiet. She seemed comfortable in her own skin, but she wasn't like the other girls. She wasn't talky or screechy. She had her definite likes and dislikes and seemed to put off the other girls. In my day, she would have been classified as a "tomboy". Then I realized, that picture didn't fit on her. No, not a geek either. I found myself wondering about her and what made her tick.

Then I read an essay of hers, and I was frankly - blown away. Truly! It was a marvel to read. These breakthroughs do not happen in my world very often. Gawd! It was a wonderful piece of writing. I waited a couple of hours and wondered if she knew how amazing she was.

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